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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 11:34 AM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2015, 11:34 AM CDT (16:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Golden, IL | NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF ADAMS COUNTY INCLUDING ILLINOIS ROUTES 94 AND 61. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL FALLING. |
| Jun 26, 12:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 2 N Golden, IL | NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF ADAMS COUNTY INCLUDING ILLINOIS ROUTES 94 AND 61. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL FALLING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
467
WGUS53 KLSX 261634
FFWLSX
ILC001-009-262230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0041.150626T1634Z-150626T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1134 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 1134 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. US 94 JUST NORTH OF GOLDEN WAS CLOSED DUE TO
FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY HIGHWAYS...MOSTLY
WITHIN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ADAMS COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BEVERLY...
BUCKHORN...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...GOLDEN...MENDON AND MOUNT
STERLING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 172 NEAR EXIT 19.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9092 4010 9091 4010 9070 4009 9070
4008 9067 4005 9067 4003 9060 3999 9060
3999 9053 3997 9051 3990 9054 3988 9058
3984 9058 3984 9092 3979 9092 3979 9122
4006 9135 4012 9151 4019 9151
$$
GOSSELIN1 follow-up statement
754
WGUS73 KLSX 262230
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
530 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
ILC001-009-262244-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150626T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-
530 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN AND ADAMS
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...HOWEVER A NEW
AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ADAMS COUNTY.
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF THE WARNED
AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE
BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4019 9092 4010 9091 4010 9070 4009 9070
4008 9067 4005 9067 4003 9060 3999 9060
3999 9053 3997 9051 3990 9054 3988 9058
3984 9058 3984 9092 3979 9092 3979 9122
4006 9135 4012 9151 4019 9151
$$
KANOFSKYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 19 min |
| Jun 25, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 10 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 10 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey, Pike | 12 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 36 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.